OMEN
04-02-2009, 04:17 PM
A baby was baptised by a priest with lemon cola in Norway after cold weather froze the church's taps.
A cold snap in Stord, about 150 miles from Oslo, forced church caretakers to turn off the taps, reports the Daily Mirror.
So Priest Paal Dale improvised and used lemon-flavoured cola instead of water to baptise a baby.
He said the fizzy drink had gone flat and that "only the lemon smell made this unusual".
The child's family were informed after the ceremony because the priest "had the need to inform" them about the lemon scent.
"They didn't say much but I assumed they smelled the aroma as well," Father Paal said.
Nova
A cold snap in Stord, about 150 miles from Oslo, forced church caretakers to turn off the taps, reports the Daily Mirror.
So Priest Paal Dale improvised and used lemon-flavoured cola instead of water to baptise a baby.
He said the fizzy drink had gone flat and that "only the lemon smell made this unusual".
The child's family were informed after the ceremony because the priest "had the need to inform" them about the lemon scent.
"They didn't say much but I assumed they smelled the aroma as well," Father Paal said.
Nova